CVE-2008-5149

Publication date 18 November 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Description

fwd_check.sh in libncbi6 6.1.20080302 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/##### temporary file.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ncbi-tools6 16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.10 utopic Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Ignored end of life
13.04 raring Ignored end of life
12.10 quantal Ignored end of life
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric Ignored end of life
11.04 natty Ignored end of life
10.10 maverick Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Notes

jdstrand

per Debian, affected code is in an example script

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